diff --git a/scripts/smoke-packaged-app.js b/scripts/smoke-packaged-app.js
index 3d48b3f..13f0180 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke-packaged-app.js
+++ b/scripts/smoke-packaged-app.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const child = spawn(executable, [], {
   env: {
     ...process.env,
     FIRELINK_SMOKE_TEST: '1',
+    FIRELINK_DISABLE_ARIA2_STARTUP: '1',
     WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE: '1',
     GDK_BACKEND: 'x11',
   },
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 9edbd8f..6ae8ed3 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -18628,6 +18628,9 @@ pub fn run() {
             let aria2_secret_clone = aria2_secret.clone();
             let app_handle_bg = app.handle().clone();
             tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+                if std::env::var_os("FIRELINK_DISABLE_ARIA2_STARTUP").is_some() {
+                    return;
+                }
 
                 let mut ws_port = 6800;
                 match resolve_bundled_binary_path(&app_handle_bg, "aria2c") {
@@ -19007,6 +19010,9 @@ pub fn run() {
             let poll_secret = aria2_secret.clone();
             let poll_mgr = Arc::clone(&queue_manager_poll);
             tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+                if std::env::var_os("FIRELINK_DISABLE_ARIA2_STARTUP").is_some() {
+                    return;
+                }
                 let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
                 let mut observations: HashMap<String, Aria2ConnectionObservation> = HashMap::new();
                 let mut missing_gid_recovery_at: HashMap<String, Instant> = HashMap::new();